[tor-talk] ControlPortWriteToFile line added to torrc by Vidalia after TBB reload = bug?

[Robert Ransom]

On 8/5/12, Tomás Touceda <chiiph at torproject.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 8/4/12 4:54 PM, ming at tormail.org wrote:
>> Since the last version and continuing with the current version of Linux
>> TBB 32bit, there is an
>> extra line added to torrc on TBB reload, by Vidalia, with steps to
>> reproduce:
>>
>> * Directory:
>> ~/tor-browser_en-US/Data/Tor
>>
>> * Extra Line of Data Added:
>> ControlPortWriteToFile
>> /home/madeinchina/tor-browser_en-US/Data/Tor/port.conf

>> Is this a bug?
>
> Only if it breaks something or if it conflicts with something.

It is a bug (filed as https://bugs.torproject.org/6568), because it
writes information about a filesystem location from which that copy of
TBB was run.


Robert Ransom